Yearly Archives: 2021
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Industrial Association wants subsidies for rent, water, power, salaries
The Industrial Association of Macau is encouraging the government to provide support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the areas of rent, water, electricity and ... -
Guangdong issues RMB2.2b in offshore government bonds to Macau
The Guangdong provincial government yesterday issued its first-ever offshore municipal government bonds to the Macau market. Institutional investors are offered some RMB2.2 billion in bonds ... -
Lot A4 construction attracts five bids, costs up to MOP2.1b
The government received a total of five bids in the public tender for the construction of facilities in Lot A4 of Zone A of the newly ... -
CE meets with trade unions, suggests residents try other career paths
In a meeting with a local organization, the Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng once again “encouraged workers to adjust their mentality, so as to try ... -
Luso Bank eases SME burden by waiving half-year mobile payment charge
The half-year waiver of mobile payment service charges for local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by Luso International Banking Limited is among the bank’s seven support ... -
Covid-19 | 22,000 people required to take high-frequency NATs
According to information provided by Dr. Tai Wah Hou yesterday, the government will require 22,000 people to undertake high-frequency nucleic acid tests (NAT) based on their ... -
Hong Kong | Typhoon Kompasu prompts to close schools, stock market
Hong Kong suspended classes, stock market trading and government services as a typhoon passed south of the city today (Wednesday). Heavy rain from Typhoon Kompasu could ... -
Beijing: Military drills, flights were needed to defend Taiwan
China’s recent increase in military exercises and warplane missions near Taiwan — which have raised concerns around the region — were necessary to defend the nation’s ... -
China exports up 28% in September; surplus with US grows
China’s exports rose at a slightly faster pace in September while demand for imports of iron ore and other commodities eased as a property construction boom ... -
Kompasu passes by without major damages
Typhoon Kompasu saw signal No. 8 raised from 10:30 p.m. yesterday, the second typhoon this year to reach this level. The typhoon swung past Macau, ... -
Police says filmed ‘yum-cha fight’ did not occur in Macau
A video circulating on social media claiming to record a fight at a Cantonese restaurant in Fai Chi Kei has been investigated by the Public Security ... -
Typhoon Kompasu | Caritas offers daytime hostel to TNRs working night-shifts
Considering that some non-resident workers work night shifts, the Caritas Macau has opened a daytime hostel to accommodate them, Paul Pun, executive director of the organization, ... -
Typhoon Kompasu | ‘Immediate prevention status’ maintained
The Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng directed the city’s civil protection management team to take all necessary steps in order to minimise the risk of adverse ... -
Next on FDA’s agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J&J vaccines
With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & ... -
Covid-19 |Authorities studying vaccine extra doses, roll-out by target groups
Health authorities confirmed yesterday that they are working on a plan to distribute extra doses of Covid-19 vaccines to specific groups of people in the near ... -
SSM: Jabs to participate in events not compulsory, yet
The recently-discussed measure requiring for the mandatory vaccination of all participants with at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in order to attend certain events ... -
Benrstein: Gaming sector will not fully recover until 2025
Analysts remain optimistic on the recovery of the gaming sector in 2023, despite forecasting that the industry will only recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2025. However, ... -
Panic buying as Typhoon Kompasu approaches
Pictures and videos showing people panic-buying staple goods have been widely circulating on social media since Monday. The Times visited several retailers including supermarkets and bakeries ... -
Man found hanging in hotel room
A man was found dead in a hotel room in Cotai this afternoon, having apparently committed suicide, Judiciary Police (PJ) reported. The fire department notified the ... -
Crime | Man arrested for defamation regarding Covid-19 information
A resident of The Bayview has been arrested for spreading false information and accused of defaming two senior officials in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. The ... -
City records relapse Covid-19 case
A Macau resident who was diagnosed abroad with Covid-19 has relapsed, the Novel Coronavirus Coordination and Response Centre confirmed. The resident was tested upon arrival in ... -
MATCHDAY: Denmark can seal World Cup spot; England, Portugal in action
GROUP A Serbia looks to keep the group lead ahead of Portugal when it hosts last-placed Azerbaijan. The Serbians are coming off a victory in their ... -
Kompasu: Storm leaves nine dead in landslides, floods in Philippines
A tropical storm set off landslides and flash flooding as it barreled over the tip of the northern Philippines overnight, and officials said today (Tuesday) at ... -
China pledges $230 million for biodiversity fund at UN meet
China today (Tuesday) pledged $230 million to establish a fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries. President Xi Jinping, speaking by video to a U.N. conference ... -
T3 may be replaced by T8 from 8PM
The present T3 may be replaced by T8 between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. tonight, the weather bureau announced. The local winds will strengthen. At 16 ... -
IMF foresees a slight drop in global growth from pandemic
The International Monetary Fund is slightly downgrading its outlook for the global recovery from the pandemic recession, reflecting the persistence of supply chain disruptions in industrialized ... -
THE CONVERSATION | How your emotional response to the pandemic changed your behavior and your sense of time
The COVID-19 pandemic, now in its 19th month, has meant different things to different people. For some, it’s meant stress over new school and work regimes, ... -
Gov’t launches new round of support to SMEs, low-income residents
The government yesterday announced a new set of support measures for struggling small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and low-income residents as the pandemic crisis continues to ... -
Typhoon Kompasu | Issuance of T8 ‘relatively high’ tonight
The probability of hoisting a Typhoon Signal 8 between tonight and tomorrow morning is “relatively high.” This comes just a few days after the city saw ... -
Sands China deploys 2,400 employees during mass testing drives
Sands China has deployed over 2,400 Sands China team members, including Sands Cares Ambassadors, who took shifts around the clock during the second and third community-wide ... -
Hao vs LVS | Witness reaffirms major changes to bidders score done by commission
The former member from the gaming consultants’ team who was hired by the government to evaluate and grade tender bidders for Macau gaming licenses in 2002 ... -
Vaccine required for attendees of AL swearing-in ceremonies
The swearing-in ceremonies of the lawmakers and the president of the seventh Legislative Assembly (AL) will take place, respectively, at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. on ... -
Transmac ‘severely condemns’ violent behavior against driver
Bus company Transmac “severely condemns” the assault of its bus driver on October 4, which involved a senior citizen punching the driver when he was not ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t stresses two racial groups have low-risk amid alleged discrimination
Following the announcement of the high-frequency nucleic acid test (NAT), some shops have allegedly started banning customers of Vietnamese nationality, as raised yesterday in a press ... -
India, China army talks to defuse border tensions fail
Talks between Indian and Chinese army commanders to disengage troops from key friction areas along their border have ended in a stalemate and failed to ease ...
